This morning I want to speak about the village of Kilmessan in my home county of Meath. It certainly feels like Kilmessan is being left behind at the moment. In 1996, Kilmessan had a population of 230 people. I imagine the next census will show that it now has a population of well over 1,200 people. For the last nine years, in Kilmessan we have been very fortunate that a private landowner has allowed the community to put a playground on a site in the centre of the village. As is their right, they have now decided to sell it. There are zero community facilities in Kilmessan. I mean there is no community centre. There is nowhere for the choir to go. Many times they have had to practice in one of the local pubs. There is nowhere for children to do different types of exercise or classes and now our only community facility, the playground, is about to go. I believe it is about to go very soon because it will be sold. I am urgently asking the Minister for children and the Minister for rural community affairs to look at this as a matter of urgency. The 2007-13 county development plan mentioned making provision for appropriate community childcare and educational facilities, encouraging the provision of passive and active recreation spaces to serve the needs of the village, and encouraging the intensification of business and community uses in the village centre. The 2021-27 county development plan recommends the development of a permanent playground. We have been talking about this since 2007. We are now in 2026 and we do not have a permanent playground for the children of Kilmessan. My own children aged ten and 11 use it regularly. I urge the Leader to write to those Ministers and ask what can be done now. It cannot wait a month; it has to be done now for the people of Kilmessan.